Google said Thursday that the company has acquired cloud service monitoring startup Stackdriver for an undisclosed sum. The company said it plans to invest more in Stackdriver following its integration with the Google cloud platform.

IBM made a number of announcements at its Information on Demand conference this week, focusing largely on innovations further marrying cloud and big data technologies. Among them include tools that anonymize big data, and software created by IBM labs dubbed “Project Neo,” which can be applied to raw data sets and discover hidden patterns therein – potentially providing the answers to questions businesses have yet to ask.

OpenText, one of Canada’s largest software companies specialising in information management agreed Wednesday to buy Virginia-based GXS Group, a B2B cloud integration specialist. OpenText said the acquisition will add a robust new technology and services offering and bolster its growing cloud portfolio.